What do Steve Jobs, Marie Curie,
Elon Musk, and Albert Einstein have in common? What makes some
people so spectacularly innovative, producing triumph after
triumph, often in fields in which they have no specialized
training?

In this episode of The IVY Podcast,
we’re going to find out from NYU-Stern School of Business Professor
Melissa A. Schilling. Drawing upon original research from her
latest work,QUIRKY: The
Remarkable Story of the Traits, Foibles, and Genius of Breakthrough
Innovators Who Changed the World, Schilling delves deeply into the lives of
history’s greatest geniuses to identify the traits and experiences
that led them to become serial breakthrough innovators.

About the Podcast

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